Re: Brittle plastic

2020-09-02 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 9/2/20 1:55 PM, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote: > > Is the problem age per se or exposure (UV, oxidation, heat, etc.) over > time that one can protect against? > > My Sun lunch box and pizza box systems are not exposed to UV or > excessive heat most of the time. Some of them are kept bagged

Re: Brittle plastic

2020-09-02 Thread Alan Perry via cctalk
Is the problem age per se or exposure (UV, oxidation, heat, etc.) over time that one can protect against? My Sun lunch box and pizza box systems are not exposed to UV or excessive heat most of the time. Some of them are kept bagged (because it is very dusty where I live). That should help,

Re: Brittle plastic

2020-09-02 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 9/2/20 12:02 PM, Rico Pajarola via cctalk wrote: > I have a friend who is a Materials Science Technologist and specializes in > injection molded plastics. So... basically the same thing that's in > computer cases (even though he doesn't deal with computer cases). I grilled > him at length on

Re: Brittle plastic

2020-09-02 Thread Ed C. via cctalk
Same issue with many Atari's ST/E, the plastic becomes super fragile. On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 9:11 PM Rico Pajarola via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > I have a friend who is a Materials Science Technologist and specializes in > injection molded plastics. So... basically the same thing

Re: Brittle plastic

2020-09-02 Thread Rico Pajarola via cctalk
I have a friend who is a Materials Science Technologist and specializes in injection molded plastics. So... basically the same thing that's in computer cases (even though he doesn't deal with computer cases). I grilled him at length on this topic, and he insisted that the brittleness with age (and

Re: IBM 3270 compatible terminal connected to Hercules IBM mainframe emulator.

2020-09-02 Thread Mattis Lind via cctalk
Hello Paul, Den ons 2 sep. 2020 kl 15:54 skrev Paul Birkel : > Mattis: Is that SDLC implementation generally available? I see some > interesting discussion of the possibility on Stack Exchange (Uriel Katz), > but no obvious reference to a repository. > It is here:

RE: IBM 3270 compatible terminal connected to Hercules IBM mainframe emulator.

2020-09-02 Thread Paul Birkel via cctalk
Mattis: Is that SDLC implementation generally available? I see some interesting discussion of the possibility on Stack Exchange (Uriel Katz), but no obvious reference to a repository. -Original Message- From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mattis Lind via

Re: TZ8x DLT III cartridge - torn leader

2020-09-02 Thread Antonio Carlini via cctalk
On 01/09/2020 23:15, Zane Healy wrote: What brand tape? I’ve seen this done by a tech on a DLT7000 drive, maybe on a DLT4000, I think they’re basically the same. I seem to remember the tech used a 9-Volt batter to rewind a stuck tape. The leaders as I recall are very similar for TK50,

Re: IBM 3270 compatible terminal connected to Hercules IBM mainframe emulator.

2020-09-02 Thread Curious Marc via cctalk
Awesome! Marc Reply-To: "Mattis com>" , "cctalk@classiccmp.org" I have been working on a project for some time to connect a IBM3270 compatible Alfaskop terminal with its IBM 3274 compatible cluster controller to the Hercules mainframe emulator. Yesterday I eventually succeeded. I